Feeling alone
Does anyone else just feel like complete garbage all day every day. I'm 18 weeks pregnant and it has been hell. I didn't know pregnancy could be this bad. My first pregnancy was pretty easy.
The first 16 weeks I dealt with tons of morning sickness and lots of puking. On top of that, I've had a headache every single day all day of pregnancy, I also have pregnancy rhinitis so I wake up every day feeling like I have a terrible cold, and that paired with the headache honestly feels like I have the worst cold of my life, I take Claritin to combat that, but it really only takes away maybe 60 percent of the rhinitis. I have constipation issues which I have to take stool softeners for, my back hurts constantly even with seeing a chiropractor, and on top of all that, my blood pressure is on the lower end which in turn I have been faint and dizzy every day of pregnancy, which has caused me not to be able to work or basically do next to nothing, my fatigue and exhaustion is so intense that I spend most days in bed. And I feel damn alone. I watch pregnancy updates on YouTube and no one feels like I do. I feel like my family doesn't understand. And every time they ask me how I'm doing it is the same answer for the past 18 weeks, and I am always getting a reply like oh you'll feel better tomorrow or it will pass I'm sure. I am not trying to complain, but I am exhausted from feeling sick for months and months and there is nothing I can do about it, nobody understanding, and no one to relate to.
Yes I have had all the necessary bloodwork taken. My bloodwork is all normal including iron. So there is nothing medically wrong with me other then the low ish blood pressure.
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